Immunonutrition reduces complications rate and length of stay after laparoscopic total gastrectomy: a single unit retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preoperative immunonutrition (IN) reduces the incidence of postoperative complications in malnourished patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal surgery. However, its effect in norm-nourished patients remains unclear. Furthermore, patients with gastric cancer undergoing laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) are not routinely included in protocols of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS).

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of perioperative IN in patients undergoing laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) within an established ERAS pathway.

Methods

A comparative retrospective study of patients undergoing LTG, receiving an immune-enhancing feed plus maltodextrin load the day of surgery (Group A) versus patients who had the same operat

SUBMITTER: Franceschilli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9273797 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature